BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months agoCrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoftwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkCrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoftwww.theverge.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareSami@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoThey have about 24,000 clients so that comes out to around 350 impacted machines per client which is reasonable. It only takes a few impacted machines for thousands of people to be impacted if they are important enough.
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They have about 24,000 clients so that comes out to around 350 impacted machines per client which is reasonable. It only takes a few impacted machines for thousands of people to be impacted if they are important enough.